At least six villages in the Epupa Constituency, of the Kunene Region, have been flooded after NamPower opened sluices of the dam that supplies water to its hydroelectric power plant at Ruacana. Chief control officer at the Epupa Constituency Office in Okangwati, Tjikunda Kulunga, says an impact assessment the office undertook recorded 150 crop farmers […]

A number of villages in the Zambezi Region are flooded with some residents having already been relocated to higher ground. Villages have been submerged by flood waters since Monday. The Izimwe Nakabolelwa and Ngoma Ioma roads are slowly being submerged by flood waters. There is a likelihood that more villagers will be cut off from […]

Lucia Witbooi has dismissed talks of the funds raised for the Swapo Party gala dinner, including N$50 000 donated by President Geingob and First Lady, Monica Geingos, being used to transport people from Hardap to Windhoek. She encouraged the region’s inhabitants to approach the regional coordinators office.

Disc jockeys (DJs) could pay fines of up to N$20 000 or face four years imprisonment if they do not pay their copyright licences to NASCAM.

The Minister of Works and Transport says priorities will determine which roads are to be constructed in each of the 14 regions of the country. John Mutorwa was answering questions on the need for constructing more feeder roads in the Kavango West Region, at Nkurenkuru, on Monday. The minister is on a national familiarisation tour […]

The African Councilors’ Social Development Association (ACSDA0 opened an office at Walvis Bay. The office, which was officially opened by the Minister of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Zephania Kameeta, aims to address social challenges at the town.

Thousands of workers and government officials commemorated Workers’ Day at Khorixas, in the Kunene Region, on Tuesday. President Hage Geingob, in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister, Alpheus !Naruseb called on workers to continue striving for economic freedom.

At Walvis Bay May Day celebrations, TUCNA president, Paulus Hango urged trade unions that represent workers, especially with decisions that directly impact on the livelihoods of workers, to take decisions in their interest.

The Rosh Pinah Solar Photovoltaic Plant was inaugurated at the zinc mining town in the //Karas Region. The plant was constructed at a cost of N$124 million.

To acknowledge the contribution workers made towards economic development they need a living wage to provide their families with decent standards of living.